Old Bridge, Contin is a Grade A listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 March 1971. Bridge.
Old Bridge, Contin
- WRENN ID
- late-corbel-acorn
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1971
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- NH 454 566
- Coordinates
- 57.57356, -4.58674
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Old Bridge in Contin, designed by Thomas Telford and built between 1812 and 1813, is a high arched bridge made of rubble. It features three wide segmental headed arch rings that decrease slightly in height and span from east to west. The bridge has triangular cutwaters that rise to the height of the parapet, appearing as shallow pilasters. Additionally, there are shallow end buttresses and a dressed rubble parapet.
Local climate
Old Bridge, Contin sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 65 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 48 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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